New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-11
corv,foht, 1887 By The Neto. York Tribune.

ccpyrtoat. 1887 By The Ne,c. York Tribune.
.foxnoy. Dec 1O-Russia's concentration of
,roons in Poland gives rise to much uneasncss
=; Frrope Vienna believed yesterday that col
l;sion was imminent. But to-dav's news is that
,hc Vienna Cabinet has resolved not to send more
.nooDs into Calicia. so peaceful hopes are
,oo,e In the ascendancy.
Tho French Ministerial crisis continues with
,;c, of an amicable conclusion. NJ. Carnots
attempts to induce the Opportuuists and Radicals
20 work together in the same Cabinet meet with
no success NJ. Goblet vainly tried to form a
Ministry with NJ. Ribot left Centre) and NJ.
sigismund LacrOit (RadicaO, but they were ire.
concilable All sections of Republicans seem to
have become irreconcilabe. Their capacity for
Cancellation was exhausted with the election of NJ
cornot NJ Clemenceau now insists Radical
Ministry Such Ministry could not live five
minutes in the Chamber. NJ Falieres Is again try
ing his hand at a compromise Cabinet but things
look to-day as if NJ. Carnot will be driven to dis
solve the Chamber If he can induce the Senate 70
agree; and if he cannot, another Presidential
crisis is not far of.
The Liberal Unionst Conference tins week
was a great success from their own point
of view Lord Harrington joins with the
Tory leaders IN rejecting all compromise with
the FAIR Trade Procctionists; nor has any
important politician vet given his adhesion to this
new scheme. Lord Hartmgtons recent speech and
the whole tone of the conference Show that the
division between the two wings Of the Liberal party
Is broader than ever.
The fanatics who hoped to use Linnels corpse
for an antl-pohce demonstration tomorrow are
disappointed by the CorOneTs claiming the body.
No serious trouble Is now expected
It has been tele-raphed here that the Fisheries
In tharl
ing obdurate. Mr.. Chamberlalns enemies re-
caiye this news with glee. Que of them remarks
that Mr. Chamberlain and Mr.. Bayard could Of
course have come 10 an nderNtanding by the SIM
ple process Of sacrificing Canadian interests; hut
as Sir Charles Upper objected 10 this Mr. Cham
horlain would have TO come back sadder and iess
bnmptlous man. Such is the spirit III which great
international question is dealt with by the new
journalism
The attcmrt to m IKE the National Liberal Club
q branch of The National League has failed. lnls
club, which was founded long before the split
IN the Liberal party, was intended to oe
po,itical organization to fight Liberal battles IL
has done much service in various ways to the Lib
oral par.v. but the Political Committee has lately
beea psralyZed by divisi ms. A number OF Home
Rule members of the club called general meeting
and proposed to instruct the committee to resume
operations on behalf of Home Rule The General
Commit ec of the Club opposed this. The CLUB con
sists OF GOOO members, probably 100 of them
Iobera UnionstS The passage OF this resolution
vould have involved the resignation of the COM
1nittee and the retirement of the CmonlS's 1t Is
doubtful whether the institution could have sur
vived such a blow The splendid new clubhouse on
the Thames Embankment has been found a heavy
financial burden. The fiery spirits VINO wanted
Home Rule at all hazards were plainly told by
members of the committee that the cfiect oi their
proposals might be financial ruin, and ultimately
the resolution was rejected in crowded meeting
bv five to one. Many OF the strongest GladstoniahS
present joined in defeating II.
The result thongh much discussed, is not de-
feat for Home Rule but insures the maintenance
and prosperity of the only club in London where
the Home Rulers have a strong foothold
writer signing "D.' announces IN the hterary
ionrnaIs the discovery of a new autograph OF john
Harvard. the founder of Harvard University. The
oolv writings of his hitherto known to exist are
Two SIGNATURES in the registry IF Cambridge Uni
vcr.itv ID" has now discovered the onglhal
cou.teIpart lease. dated July %, 1852 by "h'cH
tne Uospital of st. Katherine. near the Tower "f
Jondon devised 10 John Harvard, cleike' ana
Thomas Harvard, citizen and cloth"ofkcr OF Lon
don ccr.ain tepements III tie Parish OF A'lhal-
lows Barking This counterpart, executed pS
John and Thomas IIarvord still preserved IN the
so,ne hasn't al in the .cif-same custody TO when IL
W. COMMITTED q hen signed. fac-simile OF the
original document is now beng executed and Will
be sporty published
THE 4fhenopp, protested mildly last week against
arrpgl,.b nublsher bringing out Mr. Donnellys
book about Bacon aud Shakespeare, commenting
briefly On the patent absuIdiiy OF ms tneoiY'
Nes.rs SAMPSON Low q Co. now write 10 say theH
intend 70 pnbIish the book. but do not hold them-
selves responsible for Mr. Donnelly. They ann
only af keeping within certain bounds OF decehcv
and rcspectabilty. an
The fh.pGam rcjOins IN two hhes WI
Doune!ly's theory Is based on cohpie'e ME
conception of the practice OF PRIMERS }" |
pocon.s t,me.p Referring to the last Ah'noam
81 tho cose very neatly put: "Mr. Donnclly
s..uncs that the writer of the plays must nave
eeep them in proof before publication lie alleges
that by itacIsing certain woidS ana al,o''n@
pages and title pages Il was possible 10 ION"
cipher whereby TO convey much secret information
10 those who could decipher II. lie Ior9ol' H""
ever. that at the time when the hrst lo'i" u
Shakespeare was pub ished, and for long time
afterward, no one not himself prIatcr ever saw
proof. The author of the cryptogram must there
fore have been a printer. Mr. Donnelly ba' 10
prove that Lord Bacon not only wrote Snake
spares plays, but also printed them"
may add that when Mr. DOnnellys theory first
saw light pointed out that it was wholly based
on ignorance OF the printed literature of that
period.
Sir Henry Jamesis said to have given an opinion
on the vcxed question whether a copy of every
American book issued here. though printed
and published In America, must be sent
as every English book must. to the
British Museum lie agrees with tho Attorney
General that it must. Sir Henry James and SIR
Richard Webster two Of the most eminent law
yers IN England. The question has no great prac-
teal Importance except 10 the Museum, which is